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We read each service’s public Trustpilot profile by hand and record the score, the review count and the star split, with the date. Complaints and praise come from the reviews themselves, quoted word for word.
How we rateEdition of 30 October 2026
The #1 trusted source for Instagram growth service reviews
Every service is rated from its public Trustpilot record, read by hand and dated, with a link so you can check it yourself. Nobody pays to be listed or ranked, and every case file is built the same way.
The record at a glance
73services with a case file, each read on Trustpilot
7ratings Trustpilot has withheld for breaching its guidelines
25profiles Trustpilot removed for going against its guidelines
19services whose own reviews say avoid
Rankings
Instagram growth services, ranked by Trustpilot
Ordered by Trustpilot score, then by number of reviews. Read on 29 and 30 October 2026. The verdict follows one fixed rule for every service.
| # | Service | Trustpilot | Reviews | One-star | Verdict | Case file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VirallizedManaged growth | 4.8 / 5 | 92 | 2% | Top rated | Read case file |
| 2 | Sup GrowthManaged growth | 4.7 / 5 | 51 | 0% | Top rated | Read case file |
| 3 | BuzzHikeSells follower packages | 4.6 / 5 | 1,002 | 7% | Top rated | Read case file |
| 4 | Grow Your SocialManaged growth | 4.5 / 5 | 135 | 11% | Well rated | Read case file |
| 5 | InsfamousMulti-platform growth | 4.3 / 5 | 97 | 9% | Well rated | Read case file |
| 6 | My Social FollowingSells follower packages | 4.2 / 5 | 40 | 5% | Well rated | Read case file |
| 7 | Social BoostManaged growth | 4.0 / 5 | 394 | 14% | Well rated | Read case file |
| 8 | GainstyManaged growth | 3.5 / 5 | 79 | 26% | Mixed reviews | Read case file |
| 9 | PopreySells follower packages | 3.4 / 5 | 21 | 47% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 10 | ViplikesSells follower packages | 3.3 / 5 | 280 | 21% | Mixed reviews | Read case file |
| 11 | SkweezerSells follower packages | 3.3 / 5 | 230 | 4% | Mixed reviews | Read case file |
| 12 | GrowthSiloManaged growth | 3.3 / 5 | 155 | 42% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 13 | ThunderclapSells follower packages | 3.2 / 5 | 38 | 55% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 14 | Social SenseiManaged growth | 3.1 / 5 | 92 | 10% | Mixed reviews | Read case file |
| 15 | BoostFluenceManaged growth | 3.1 / 5 | 26 | 38% | Mixed reviews | Read case file |
| 16 | UpleapSells follower packages | 2.9 / 5 | 150 | 45% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 17 | Like4LikeSells follower packages | 2.6 / 5 | 75 | 50% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 18 | AiGrowManaged growth | 2.5 / 5 | 377 | 20% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 19 | OutfameSells follower packages | 2.5 / 5 | 185 | 62% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 20 | Socialstud.ioManaged growth | 2.3 / 5 | 112 | 6% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 21 | NitreoSells follower packages | 2.2 / 5 | 148 | 64% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 22 | Flock SocialSells follower packages | 2.1 / 5 | 62 | 49% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 23 | KickstaManaged growth | 1.9 / 5 | 629 | 41% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 24 | TrusyManaged growth | 1.8 / 5 | 99 | 64% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 25 | SocialmonkManaged growth | 1.6 / 5 | 200 | 26% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 26 | Social BuddyManaged growth | 1.6 / 5 | 63 | 36% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 27 | InstazoodSells follower packages | 1.5 / 5 | 351 | 58% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 28 | SocialFollowSells follower packages | 1.4 / 5 | 59 | 83% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
Ratings suspended by Trustpilot
Trustpilot withheld these ratings for breaching its guidelines, most of them after removing fake reviews. Each profile reads: “This company’s rating is unavailable due to a breach of our guidelines.”
| # | Service | Trustpilot | Reviews | One-star | Verdict | Case file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | UpGrowSells follower packages | – suspended | 3,298 | 45% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | Path SocialManaged growth | – suspended | 1,308 | 83% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | PlixiManaged growth | – suspended | 354 | 94% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | TrendGramManaged growth | – suspended | 213 | 57% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | Crowd IgniteManaged growth | – suspended | 68 | 74% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | GoreAd (Goread.io)Sells follower packages | – suspended | 26 | 80% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
| – | ProflUpSells follower packages | – suspended | 2 | 50% | Rating suspended by Trustpilot | Read case file |
Software tools
Self-serve tools you run yourself, ranked separately because they sell a different thing.
| # | Service | Trustpilot | Reviews | One-star | Verdict | Case file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | InflactSoftware tool | 4.0 / 5 | 654 | 10% | Well rated | Read case file |
| 2 | SomiiboSoftware tool | 2.5 / 5 | 32 | 56% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 3 | Stim SocialSoftware tool | 2.0 / 5 | 61 | 60% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
| 4 | KenjiSoftware tool | 2.0 / 5 | 28 | 67% | Poorly rated: avoid | Read case file |
Profiles Trustpilot removed
Trustpilot took these profiles down for going against its guidelines, so there is no score to rank. Each name with a link opens its case file.
- BlastupRemoved
- BulkoidRemoved
- BuzzoidRemoved
- FamoidRemoved
- GetAFollowerRemoved
- Goread.ioRemoved
- GrowthoidRemoved
- HighSocialRemoved
- iDigicRemoved
- Likes.ioRemoved
- MediaMisterRemoved
- NaizopRemoved
- PopreyRemoved
- RiseKarmaRemoved
- RushmaxRemoved
- SidesMediaRemoved
- SimplyGramRemoved
- SocialplugRemoved
- SocialWickRemoved
- StormlikesRemoved
- TrollishlyRemoved
- TwicsyRemoved
- UseViralRemoved
- Views4YouRemoved
- ViralyftRemoved
Too few reviews to rank
Fewer than 20 reviews on Trustpilot, too small a base to rank fairly.
- Ampfluence6 reviews
- Flamista7 reviews
- FollowingLike3 reviews
- MegaFollow2 reviews
- RoboLike1 review
- Rocketora1 review
- Suparise3 reviews
- Wolf Growth2 reviews
32 Trustpilot warnings
7 ratings withheld and 25 profiles removed outright, with the dates and counts Trustpilot showed.
See the warningsCheck a service before you pay
Six checks that take about ten minutes, using Instagram’s own help pages and the public review record.
Read the guideOfficial sources
What Instagram and Meta say
Their own pages, quoted where it matters.
Recommendations on InstagramInstagram Help Centre
Instagram lists accounts that have repeatedly used misleading practices to build a following, such as buying likes, among those it may not recommend to people who do not follow them. Repeatedly engaged in misleading practices to build followings, such as purchasing ‘likes’.
Spam (Community Standards)Meta Transparency Centre
Meta's spam policy, which covers Instagram, does not allow selling, buying or exchanging engagement such as likes, views and follows. Attempting to or successfully selling, buying or exchanging for engagement, such as likes, shares, views, follows, clicks and use of specific hashtags.
How to remove spam or bot followers on InstagramInstagram Help Centre
Instagram filters followers that are likely to be spam into a separate Potential spam list, which can be removed in one go without the accounts being told.
View account and content insights on InstagramInstagram Help Centre
Instagram's free insights show an account's performance for any period within the last 90 days, so follower growth can be checked on the account itself rather than taken from a sales page.
Index
Every case file
- AiGrowPoorly rated: avoid
- AmpfluenceToo few reviews to judge
- BlastupProfile removed by Trustpilot
- BoostFluenceMixed reviews
- BoostlikesNo longer sold
- BulkoidProfile removed by Trustpilot
- BuzzHikeTop rated
- BuzzoidProfile removed by Trustpilot
- Crowd IgniteRating suspended by Trustpilot
- FamoidProfile removed by Trustpilot
- FlamistaToo few reviews to judge
- Flock SocialPoorly rated: avoid
- FollowFuseNo Trustpilot profile
- FollowingLikeToo few reviews to judge
- GainstyMixed reviews
- GetAFollowerProfile removed by Trustpilot
- GoreAd (Goread.io)Rating suspended by Trustpilot
- Grow Your SocialWell rated
- GrowbotNo Trustpilot profile
- GrowthoidNo longer sold
- GrowthSiloPoorly rated: avoid
- iDigicProfile removed by Trustpilot
- InflactWell rated
- InsfamousWell rated
- InstazoodPoorly rated: avoid
- Jumper MediaNot ranked: reviews cover other services
- KenjiPoorly rated: avoid
- KickstaPoorly rated: avoid
- Like4LikePoorly rated: avoid
- Media MisterProfile removed by Trustpilot
- MegaFollowToo few reviews to judge
- My Social FollowingWell rated
- NaizopProfile removed by Trustpilot
- NinjaGramNo Trustpilot profile
- NitreoPoorly rated: avoid
- OutfamePoorly rated: avoid
- Path SocialRating suspended by Trustpilot
- PlixiRating suspended by Trustpilot
- PopreyPoorly rated: avoid
- ProflUpRating suspended by Trustpilot
- RiseKarmaProfile removed by Trustpilot
- RoboLikeToo few reviews to judge
- RocketoraToo few reviews to judge
- RushmaxProfile removed by Trustpilot
- SimplyGramProfile removed by Trustpilot
- SkweezerMixed reviews
- Sns-GrowthNo Trustpilot profile
- Social BoostWell rated
- Social BuddyPoorly rated: avoid
- Social SenseiMixed reviews
- SocialCaptainNo longer sold
- SocialFollowPoorly rated: avoid
- SocialmonkPoorly rated: avoid
- Socialstud.ioPoorly rated: avoid
- SocialWickProfile removed by Trustpilot
- SomiiboPoorly rated: avoid
- Stim SocialPoorly rated: avoid
- StormlikesNo longer sold
- Sup GrowthTop rated
- SupariseToo few reviews to judge
- ThunderclapPoorly rated: avoid
- TrendGramRating suspended by Trustpilot
- TrusyPoorly rated: avoid
- TwicsyProfile removed by Trustpilot
- UpGrowRating suspended by Trustpilot
- UpleapPoorly rated: avoid
- UseViralProfile removed by Trustpilot
- Views4YouProfile removed by Trustpilot
- ViplikesMixed reviews
- VirallizedTop rated
- ViralX AgencyNo Trustpilot profile
- ViralyftProfile removed by Trustpilot
- Wolf GrowthToo few reviews to judge
Questions people ask
What is Reviews Encyclopedia?
A reference to Instagram growth services, built from each service’s public Trustpilot record. 73 services have a case file, every figure is dated, and every case file links to the profile it was read from.
Who runs Reviews Encyclopedia?
Virallized, an Instagram growth service that is one of the services rated here. Its case file is built with the same rule and the same sources as every other, and its critical reviews are shown in full.
What is the best Instagram growth service in 2026?
By Trustpilot record on 29 October 2026: Virallized (4.8 from 92 reviews), Sup Growth (4.7 from 51 reviews) and BuzzHike (4.6 from 1,002 reviews).
Which Instagram growth services should I avoid?
On their Trustpilot records: Poprey, GrowthSilo, Thunderclap, Upleap, Like4Like, AiGrow, Outfame, Socialstud.io, Nitreo, Flock Social, Kicksta, Trusy, Socialmonk, Social Buddy, Instazood and SocialFollow. Trustpilot has also withheld the ratings of UpGrow, Path Social, Plixi, TrendGram, Crowd Ignite, GoreAd (Goread.io) and ProflUp for breaching its guidelines, and removed 25 other profiles entirely.
Can a company pay to be listed or ranked?
No. Nobody pays to appear here, there are no affiliate links, and the order comes from Trustpilot scores, not from us.
How often are the figures checked?
Every figure carries the date it was read. This edition was checked on 30 October 2026.